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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090314746 | ARC-QUENCHING CORE ASSEMBLY An arc-quenching core assembly is disclosed for an electric switch, such as a circuit-breaker or motor circuit-breaker, having arc-quenching plates, or sheets, arranged in parallel and including ferromagnetic material, wherein the sheets can be at least partially coated... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20080197113 | Electromechanical Circuit Breaker and Method of Breaking the Current in Said Electromechanical Circuit Breaker The electromechanical circuit breaker is intended to establish and break the current in a main circuit (3, 4) and comprises a fixed contact element (5) and a moving contact element (6) which in a first position are in electrical contact with each ot... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080067150 | ARC PLATE, AND ARC CHUTE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRICAL SWITCHING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME An arc plate for a circuit breaker arc chute assembly includes first and second portions coupled to opposing sidewalls of the arc chute assembly, first and second ends, and a throat portion between the first and second portions and including an aperture. The aperture ex... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20060213873 | ARC chute assembly and electric power switch incorporating same As many as possible of the arc plates of an arc chute assembly have complimentary reverse compound curves to form between them gas flow paths for arc gas that discharge directly into a gas vent. Where the gas vent is not large enough, the remaining arc plates have a con... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060180575 | Electrical service device having an arc prechamber area, arc guide rails and a current-limiting arc-quenching device The invention proposes an electrical service device, in particular line circuit breaker or motor circuit breaker, having a housing having connecting areas and connection means (2, 3) for the purpose of connecting busbars and/or connection lines on both end sides ... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060151437 | Monolithic stationary conductor and current limiting power switch incorporating same A current limiting power switch has a monolithic stationary conductor with a conductor section that mounts fixed contacts that engage moving contacts on moving contact fingers to form a reverse current loop with the contacts closed. A terminal section projects transvers... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20050263492 | Molded arc chute An electric arc extinguishing apparatus for a circuit breaker having a line terminal. The electric arc extinguishing apparatus comprises a one-piece housing having a first sidewall in a spaced relationship with a second sidewall. A plurality of arc plates are disposed w... | 12/01/2005 |